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The night before we leave. Ballpoint drawing on vintage postcard.

Quick ink sketch on postcard-sized glossy paper :)

(2B pencil on a 87mm x 139mm postcard) The old comic book adverts used to promise amazing things for cheap prices. Here, I've spoofed that with an advert for a mind probe.

More ballpoint pen experiments. This was trying to "blend" colors, using ball point pens in a similar way to colored pencils. I found Layering evenly to be pretty difficult, esp with the pens blotching and very very limited burnishing. The interesting thing is that the paper doesn't seem to get "tired" the way it does with pencils. This is just cheap printer card stock.

(2B pencil on a 139mm x 87mm postcard)

(2B pencil on a 75mm x 125mm notecard) A reactionary piece, considering the growth of the far right in the world today.

(fineliner on a 87mm x 139mm postcard) A piece that makes you think more about colour where there is none.

(HB pencil on 85mm x 50mm card) An ancient device containing all the knowledge of an advanced alien race.

(black biro on 125mm x 75mm notecard) Predicting a time when mankind lets go of its religions and superstitions.

Simple shapes but I was happy with the composition. I also love the brown color of the cardboard as a background.

Cardboards are the best canvases. Always recycle!

Three real wizards and a fake one.

Another mandala. 005 Micron black ink and graphite On heavy card stock

(2B pencil on a 87mm x 139mm postcard) X-ray specs were an iconic mail order item in comics. It was one of the first things that kids bought that introduced them to the world of dubious adverts. I kept the image here simple, like the original advert.

(HB pencil on 85mm x 50mm card) For his crimes against her, Itchigon was condemned by the goddess Fortuna to remain forever as part of this amulet, bringing nothing but good luck to those that own it.

(black biro on 74mm x 51mm card) He's always got a bone on!

(HB pencil on 85mm x 50mm card) A glove made from the skin of King Midas, so that everything you touch turns to gold.

(HB pencil on 85mm x 50mm card) Blow a bubble and wish into it your perfect world. When the bubble pops, your reality will come into being.

trouble in cardboard city

(Red Biro on a 125mm x 75mm notecard)

Geordie - Pens on vintage postcard.

(HB pencil on a 87mm x 139mm postcard) Every leap year day, the residents of toon world go batshit crazy and indulge themselves, because it's the only day when they can really get hurt.